The Stolen Scream

 Blog Post #4

The internet is a big place full of tons and tons of content.  As digital artists the internet can be a great place to share our work .. but it can also be a slippery slope where your work can be stolen without your knowledge.  Heck - how often have you simply done a google search looking for an image to put into your own project?  How many of those times did you stop to see if it was an image you were actually allowed and given permission to use?  Watch the following video.

After watching the video - what is your reaction to what has happened to this artist?  How would you feel if this happened to you?  Can you find other examples of an artist who had something like this happen to them?  Tell me about them and their situation.  Have you found any information about the laws behind this?  What are they?  What are some suggestions you have as an artist that you can do to help with this kind of situation?

Deep Fakes ... For Good????

Blog Post #3

On my drive down this morning I was listening to the news - and there was a story about how the Harry Potter portraits are becoming a reality. 

The company, MyHeritage.com is using Deep Fake technology to recreate moving portraits of your deceased family members.  Check out this article and this article to see what I mean.

Here is a link as well to the website where this magic happens.

The news coverage has been interesting to say the least - and it varies with reactions such as "creepy" all the way to "wonderful". 

So you tell me.  after learning about Fake news - do you see this as a good use or a bad use of this technology.  Would you like to have these kinds of portraits around your house?  What could some of the pros and cons be of having this technology widely available for the public consumption? Tell me what you think!